officers or the defense had asked for. gilbert arenas eyes at times seemed to fill up with tears as he stared they judge. arenas apologized to his team, the late team owner abe pollin and the people of dc. it was remarkable. on the way in what seemed to be the perfect photo opportunity, a 7-year-old girl coming out, apparently after a hearing for one of her relatives she goes up to arenas and asks for his autograph. which while he wouldn't talk to reporters he stop it would and signed her backpack. but then i had a chance to talk to her and asked what do you think of guns and she said i hate guns. she's scared of guns. so why did she want gilbert arenas autograph? because he is famous. arenas was serious going in but tears went in to to his eyes as he listened to the judge and as he walked out of the courtroom, a huge smile on his face he

said all he wanted to do is make people laugh but the judge said to him, this was cherry more than simply a bad prank. this was seriously taunting a fellow teammate and the judge said don't mess around again. back to you. >> bruce, quick question. the prosecutor, the u.s. attorney made it very clear they were recommending jail time for gilbert. you used the word "fame "when referring to the girl who asked for her autograph. is there any sense whether fame factored in the ruling and did the judge give any reasoning why he didn't give any hard jail time. >> he did and very clearly and he said he wanted to be fair to arenas on both sides. he didn't want him to get off because of his fame or punished more because he was famous or wealthy and the thought the sentence was fair, especially considering that creditten don, who was clearly involved in this also, got off with a year

of probation and he went back and he looked at that direct evidence case, the gun charge out of california, the judge did, and he said in that case all that was going on is the unlawful transport in an unregulated manner in california. he didn't see it as a case of violence and that weighed in to his decision not to give aleen thats any time in jail. >> the arenas crime was a felony, the crittenton one was a misdemeanor but that is well put in perspective. in the last 15 minutes the wizards issued a statement, i believe believe we have that for you and it reads, at least in part -- and that statement was signed by the gm and team

president and the entire pollin family. so arenas is not going to jail. a fact that will shock many lay people in the district of columbia. >> more to come in the show. >> absolutely. more in sports later. all the charging and sentencing documents related to the case, you can log on to wusa9.com and click on 9 news extras. it is going to be a cold night. topper shutt is in the weather center with the forecast first. >> what is blowing my mind is it was 74 yesterday at this time and now we are in the 40s. march can be rule. start with live doppler nine thousand. most of the showers are south of town. so if you are south of la plata you are okay. you are looking at dry air. if you are looking toward fredericksburg and leonardtown, you do actually have some showers down 95, past la plata and all the way down fredericksburg south ward. everybody else is okay. we still have clouds but the showers are pretty much over with. go to the computer and show you

the big picture. there was snow with the system on the backside. everything is south of us. the clouds will eventually clear out later tonight and yes it will be a cold night. look at the temperatures in the 40s. 99 downtown. 45 gaithersburg. 46 in frederick and again we were in the mid-70s this time yesterday. so for tonight, clearing and much colder. 25 to 34 for low temperatures. we will come back and talk about a 50/50 weekend and we will tell you which half is the best. police are searching for a man who attacked a woman jogging in lake ridge park yesterday morning. the attacker was wearing a ski mask and carrying a knife. we have more on the investigation. >> we were out in the woods yesterday morning. >> reporter: these college students are just realizing they were in lake ridge park yesterday, at the same time when a 40-year-old woman was attacked by a man carrying a knife and wearing a ski mask. >> it could have been you guys. >> yeah, it could have been. very scary to think about.

>> reporter: the woman was jogging on a trail at 9:00 a.m. when the attacker came up from behind her and pulled her to the ground. what makes the attack more frightening is the woman was jogging with her dog. the dog saw the guy first and started to bark but that didn't stop him. he threw her to the ground. she is screaming. her dog is barking. then he leaves. >> reporter: erika hernandez says because it was a small dog the attacker may not have been afraid but its barking and the woman screaming seems to have had an effect on him. >> it may have helped to save her life. >> reporter: that is little comfort to her students. >> i wonder if the dog stopped them or her screaming or it being too public of an area. i don't know what stopped him really. what would stop him from hurting someone else? >> people are crazy. >> reporter: leon hicks who lives nearby is disturbed such an incident would happen in such a family-friendly park. >> you have nothing better to do than to stand in the woods and wait for someone to come by and attack them? >> reporter: the woman attacked

was not hurt. police are trying to come up with a description of her attack, but so far all we know is he was wearing dark clothes, a ski mask and he had a knife. leslie? >> what are police doing to try to find the suspect. >> they are trying to talk to the woman who was attacked to get her to come up with a description, perhaps skin color, height. police and search dogs and helicopter were used yesterday to find him with no luck. officers will be back at the park tomorrow handing out flyers to see if someone may have seen something. loudoun county detectives are searching for two suspects who offered a 38-year-old woman a ride and attacked her. the woman said her car broke down on wednesday night. tonight at 6:00, more on the investigation and how that woman was able to escape. police are looking for suspects in a double shooting in northwest washington. now, shots first rang out in the 500 block of sheridan

street and then a few blocks away on somerset place. one victim was shot multiple times. the second victim was shot once in the chest. police are not releasing the identities of the victims or a possible motive yet. a terrorized family and heroic father appeared in court today to see the accomplice in a frightful hostage drama get sent to prison. it was a scheme to kidnap a bank manager and her family that nearly succeeded. scott broom has the latest developments. >> it was horrific. >> reporter: james stands near his wife outside of the prince georges county courthouse and recalls how he saved his family. >> i would die for my family. >> reporter: he talked after witnessing the sentencing of this year, 23-year-old daly of silver spring to five years in prison for being the accomplice and driver in a hostage taking and robber.

she and her husband and their two young boys were taken hostage, held all night in the house and forced to drive the next morning toward the sun trust bank where hamilton was manager for a robber with a kidnapper in the car. >> all i did was try to stall for time. >> reporter: that's when he started to swerve on the beltway to get the attention of a state trooper who pulled the car over and then. >> gave my son a look and then i lunged over and i grabbed him. i figured like this, i didn't know bullets or whatever the outcome is. all i knew we were no good to them if we got to that bank. >> reporter: the trooper arrested the kidnapper in the car who has also pled guilty and awaiting sentences. the accomplice was arrested later. he says he wants judges to know he is not a hero and his family is still victims. >> every day i go to the kitchen or use the bathroom, every time i lay down i see it.

>> every family's nightmare and not only did they handle the situation in court extremely well but they handled it that night. >> reporter: the survivors in the case are dealing with this fact, there is a third suspect in the case who's not been caught. investigators believe he fled to somalia. in upper marlboro, scott broom, 9 news now. >> sentencing for the kidnapper arrested is scheduled for next monday. a man was charged with the death of summer thompson. he is accused of murdering the girl. she went missing while walking home from school. her body was found in a georgia land fill. he was living at his parents house when the girl disappeared. a legislation that cracks down on parents who allow their children to spend time with sex offenders. sara foxwell was murdered by a

registered sex offender the accused killer is a former boyfriend of her aunt and legal guardian. a top maryland republican wants legislation that will invalidate a ruling on same-sex marriages. attorney general doug gansler instructed state agencies to recognize gay marriages performed in other states. minority leader anthony o'donnell is urging the house to reject the the policy without legislative approval. nancy pelosi signed the final piece of legislation. after signing the bill she was presented with a cake while house democrats serenaded her with a chorus of happy birthday. it was her 70th birthday. a series of accidents are making a mess of the evening rush. in upper marlboro a car with three teens inside wrapped around a tree. it is not clear what caused the crash but two young men with life-threatening injuries or at least one of them were air

lifted to the hospital. a third accident victim, a female was rushed to the hospital with less significant injuries. this is the scene from sky 9 over a massive backup in the tysons corner area. three lanes of the beltway on the outer loop were closed after a truck hit a pole and knocked a large sign on the roadway. there were no injuries but traffic was backed up for several miles well this to maryland. a tractor-trailer accident caused more problems in prince georges county. the rig left the roadway on the ramp from westbound route 198 to northbound 95 in laurel. the ramp, that was closed during the investigation and the subsequent cleanup is now open again. what is happening right now with the friday evening rush? i'm sorry we have one more accident to talk about. >> that's right. here's a look at a large water main break in laurel. it happened in the northbound lanes of route 1. those lanes will be closed through the rush hour. the howard county department of public works blames it on the age of the pipes. okay.

a lot going on out there tonight. let's check on the evening rush with patranya bhoolsuwan. >> that's right. you are right. a lot of problems out there. let's get to the mess. on the capital beltway as you can see live here at university it will be a crawl all the way to route 123 due to a crash, a new one that is blocking the right lane. the one we showed you earlier, it will be a 50 movie minute delay going through the stretch. if you are taking that, take note. the maps where you saw that water main break over at route 1. this is causing major delays going northbound on free state drive. we recommend you take 95 or 295 to get around this. delays on 95, as well. it will be a mess out there. on 95 southbound in virginia incident free here but a lot of traffic. significant volume from the beltway all the way to triangle. our drivers are telling us it will be an hour and a half commute getting through that stretch. not a pretty commute in afternoon. >> not at all.

$20 to see a movie. what's behind the spike in ticket prices which begins tonight? if -- it feels like march opposed to may. all the showers fredericksburg south. we will come back and talk about the weekend and when may weather may return. ahead at 5:30, the white house announces a new plan to help homeowners who are struggling to pay their mortgages. we'll be right

at least 11 people are dead after a fiery crash between a tractor-trailer and a van. this happened outside of louisville, kentucky. officials say the truck driver crossed the moodian and struck the van full of people head on. the truck then hit a wall and burst in to flames. a church pastor says many of

the victims in the van were from a kentucky-based mennonite family. a train derailed in baltimore county. it was heading from philadelphia to cumberland and it spilled sheet rock and plastic. there are no reported injuries and no hazardous materials were aboard the train. part of the area near the accident is closed while they upright the train. nearly 2,000-gallons of fuel leaked from a train in virginia but crews were able to contain the spill. it take the entire weekend to pull it back from the ledge. nobody was hurt. more news about toyota's troubles. the japanese automaker reportedly warned u.s. dealers about the danger of the car floor mats as early as 2007 but the american public was never warned until the recent recalls. the national highway safety traffic administration warned toy toy drivers to check their floor mats but never revealed

potential dangers they supposed. if you are heading to the movies this weekend get ready for epic price hikes. the movie industry from try to cash in on the popularity of 3- d films by charging up to 10% more to get in. audrey barnes headed to alexandria to get reaction. >> reporter: the cameron family was jumping for joy on the way in to see one of the most anticipated movies. that is until they found out about the price hike. a matinee for two adults, two kids at this amc imax theater in alexandria will cost them $60 today, up from $48 yesterday. and that is before popcorn, candy and drinks. >> that's a lot of money for sort of like a spur of the moment thing. that kind of moves movies from what you do kind of for fun to something you have to plan for. >> i wonder if they have a good reason behind this. >> i want you to gain their

trust. >> reporter: movies like "avatar" -- [ inaudible ] the movie wants to cash in on the demand for 3-d. >> not worth it. >> the price increases which kick in today are averaging about 10% depending where you live and they affect amc and regal theater and others and it is not just matinees either. the evening ticket price for adults at this amc is 17.50. 14.50 for kids. $3 hike for both. not all moviegoers will be willing to pay those prices and some industry analysts are already predicting a consumer backlash. >> it will be a little more selective about the movies i see from now on. can't just go see a movie because it is a friday night. you have to make sure it is something you really want to see or it may be a no go. >> wait until it comes out on dvd. >> you shouldn't be here. go back. >> audrey barnes, 9 news now. >> the theater audrey visited

stressed itsy movie industry raising prices not them. they say they make their money off concessions. >> sure do. >> oh my goodness. look out the window and they are like what happened. >> hopefully no one had any arguments with outfits this morning. >> we changed the numbers around from 74 to 47. >> exactly. >> speaking of how cold it is, we didn't have snow in the immediate metro area, this is columbus today. that is sticking on the roads. it is snowing to beat the band as they say. now, it is done and over with now. it will be cold in the wake of the system and chilly here too in the wake of our system. the next three days forecast first. tomorrow, bright but brisk as we say. 50 degrees. a lot of sunshine. chilly. cool on sunday. rain develops. probably before lunchtime. and then rain in to or at least showers in to monday morning. temperatures go back in to the upper 50s. so may take a while to clear out on monday. tonight, clearing skies, much,

much colder, wow, 25 to 34. winds will subside and become northeasterly at five to ten. right now, if you are heading out, i'd grab a coat now and a heavy coat if you are out late tonight. 49 at national, 50 college park. mainly mid-40s. as you go up 270, rockville 45. gaithersburg 45 and pretty chilly to the west. as you go out route 7, 50. steriling is 48 and leesburg in the upper 40s. lows tonight, this is cold as it has been in sometime. this is why i don't plan flowers yet, wait until mother's day. 27 rockville and downtown you will be flirting with the freezing mark. won't make freezing downtown but close. in the 20sin reston, sterling and 25 out in leesburg. tomorrow morning, mostly sunny with a cold start. 20s and 30s. thankfully the winds will be light. by afternoon, we'll will call it partly cloudy and cool.

highs around 50. the next storm will come out of the rockies and move to the plain states tomorrow and move across the tennessee valley in to sunday and bring us a chilly rain. meantime this storm is finally exiting the area. mostly showers to southern maryland and calvert county and those will be over with in the next couple of hours. zone forecast, 50 culpeper, 48 manassas. this is with full sun. a chilly day. downtown around 50. 51 annapolis and 49 gaithersburg. the next seven days, 50 tomorrow. 53 on sunday. rain and showers develop. morning rain and showers on monday, 58 and then, good news, low 60s on tuesday. upper 60s on wednesday. mid-70s on thursday and we might be flirting with 80 by next friday. >> you have redeemed yourself. >> that's all i can ask for. >> sweet. new relief maybe on the way

for homeowners struggling to pay their mortgages. but first research to find women that survived breast cancer may not have to worry about whether they can have kids in the future. a health alert that offers hope next. for decades, the insurance lobby has called the shots...

putting profits before people. but with gerry connolly's help... that's changing. with a law prohibiting insurance company denials... if you get sick or have a pre-existing condition. providing quality, affordable health care options... to individuals and small business owners. and closing the medicare prescription gap. congressman connolly, thank you. the democratic national committee is responsible... for the content of this advertising.

looks reich a crackdown in the tanning bed industry is in the works. an advisory panel recommend the machine lose their class one low-risk classification so the government can limit the amount of radiation they put out. doctors testified that exposure is directly related to skin cancer. the fda could ban the devices for anyone under 18. a final decision on new regulations for tanning beds is expected in the next couple of months. also in tonight's health alert, some exciting news for young women who faced down breast cancer. experts used to them they should avoid having children because the chances the disease could return are so grit. but research is causing doctors to look at breast cancer and pregnancy in a new light. >> reporter: 15 months ago erin gave birth to her daughter madeleine. >> definitely the best moment of my life. >> reporter: but the best

moment came after one of the worst. after she was pregnant she was diagnosed with breast cancer. >> it was really scary. >> reporter: but today she and her baby are doing fine. erin wants more children but in the past was told she couldn't. >> it is no longer thought that getting pregnant spurs breast cancer to occur. >> reporter: doctors had believed or moanal surges during pregnancy can cause the disease to come back but a study finds that's not the case. they followed 30,000 breast cancer survivors and found those who became pregnant had a 42% lower risk of dying. they are not sure why. and feel more study is needed to confirm the findings but they believe pregnancy is safe. >> there's absolutely no reason why young women who want to get pregnant shouldn't get pregnant. >> reporter: that's great news for moms like erin. >> just being told you might not be able to have more i want three or four. >> reporter: sounds like madeleine may one day be a big

sis. >> doctors are pushing forward to see if the timing of a woman's pregnancy and the nigh diagnosis and if there were lymph nodes involved. looking at that to see how the breast cancer survivor do. sarah palin campaigns for john mccain. plus, we will meet the people responsible for getting they are cherry blossoms ready for the start of the festival. breaking down the mortgage relief plan. how it could help some struggling americans save their homes.

welcome back. a district judge ordered arenas to spend 30 days in a halfway house and perform 400 hours of community service on his felony gun conviction. the sentencing also handed down for a man who helped to kidnap a maryland bank manager and her family. 23-year-old man from silver spring was ordered to spend the next five years in prison for being an accomplice in aer the firing scheme. police are searching for a man who attacked a 40-year-old woman in lake ridge park in prince william county. the masked attacker was armed

with a knife when he assaulted the woman who was jogging. the obama administration announced a plan to revamp help for homeowners. changes that could lower payments for people who have fallen on hard times after losing their jobs or are in those under water mortgages and the pledge of another financial lifeline has many on the verge hoping they will get the much- needed support this time. >> i am truly frustrated that i have done everything that i can to try to resolve my situation. >> reporter: yvonne has tried for three years to get the mortgage on her college park home modified. she wanted to convert her interest only loan to one she thought was better. >> i found out it was a negative loan and nothing was going to the principal. >> reporter: now instead of getting out of the hole she is in a bigger one and paying close to $1,500 a month and her principal keeps going up. and then she heard of president obama's plan to help sinking

homeowners. >> i'm hoping again. >> reporter: the foreclosure prevention plan is supposed to help homeowners who are in upside down loans or are unemployed and unable to pay their mortgages. it would require lenders to temporary cut payments to no more than 31% of a borrowers income, this would be in place for three to six months in some cases people could skip the payments all together. >> it is an another arrow in the quicker that alis for a segment of the population of loans that are out there to seek some relief. >> reporter: payton works for home free usa. the nonprofit couldn't drill of homeowners in trouble he says the program is not a silver bullet. >> in many instances many mortgages are held by private investors that may not follow the guidelines. >> reporter: she may need a principle reduction to save her home but because of her bad loan she would need to pay $3,000 to get the principle down. she is holding on to hope that

something will come through. >> i fought long and hard to buy it and i will fight long and hard to keep it. >> reporter: this plan affects people whose lenders already participate in the government's making home affordable program. but strengthen not everyone will qualify. you have to show proof that you are receiving unemployment insurance. your loan must have originated before january 1st of last year and this is limited to homeowners who have not missed more than three payment rowe payments. to learn more go to wusa9.com and click on "living $mart." the u.s. and russia struck a nuclear arms treaty today. >> i'm pleased to announce that after a year of intense negotiations the united states and russia have agreed to the most comprehensive arms control agreement in nearly two decades. >> reporter: the deal calls on both sides to slash their stockpile of weapons leaving each nation with about 1500 long-range nuclear warheads and half of the number of missiles and other arms that could be used to launch a nuclear

attack. the treaty is slated to be signed april 8th ahead of the international summit on nuclear security but the pact could face a stiff challenge in the u.s. senate. a split decision for a philadelphia woman accused of offering sex for world series tickets. susan finklestein was found guilty of attempted prostitution. she placed an ad on craigslist describing herself as a desperate buxom blond in need of world series tickets. she said the price was negotiable and she was the creative type. >> it was a spur of the moment option to try to get cheaper tickets while i was looking at venues. it was something to do for fun without much thought put in to it. i didn't think i would get any responses. >> her lawyer says he plans to appeal. forget the rain tomorrow should be a sunny start for the 98th annual cherry blossom festival here in dc. 9 news now kristin fisher has more from the tidal basin.

>> reporter: every year almost a million people come to dc to see the cherry blossoms. come on, admit it. a at some point we have all thought i wish i could pick one of these precious cherry blossoms off the tree. for you and me it is illegal but for eight members of the national parks service, trimming these trees is just their job. >> we use a scissor type thing. we are cutting at the dead wood and the leaves our of the tree. >> reporter: matt rose has been a member of the crew for 17 years. his supervisor gilbert, has been here for 20. >> actually my dad worked on trees and he actually worked here for 3 -- 35 years. so i have done tree work my whole life. we start pruning them mid january. and basically prune up until they bloom. >> reporter: this eight-man crew is responsible for 4,000 cherry losses around the tidal basins and they don't just

prune them once. >> we get the obvious dead stuff the first time. second time around we do a better job. third time around we fine tune and get the little loose ends we missed here and there to make them pretty much perfect. >> it kills your neck every day. every day. i have excedrin right here. tylenol in there. >> reporter: sore necks are nothing compared to snowmageddon. >> this spring, you know, the blizzards were here. >> it set us back a month but we are on top of it. we are in good shape here and they are going to bloom next week and we are ahead of them. people from all over the world come to see these trees when we are walking around and you hear people say that is beautiful you know something is done. it makes you feel good. >> that's when it is all worth it when you can see what came about from your work. >> reporter: in washington, kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> fruits of their labor. to help you get around during the festival circulator buses

resumed service around the national mall tomorrow. so will the cold, damp weather move out in time for the friday night plans? meteorologist topper shutt is out there. i don't see an umbrella. >> no and yes. the cold air will stay but the dampness will be going away. here is the out and about forecast. get a jacket. temperatures between now and 9:00 will be anywhere from the upper 30s to the upper 40s. winds from the north at 10 to 15. it will be chilly and dry. skies slowly begin to clear. ready for the county closeup? this time we will start to the west and talk about fairfax county, upper 40s. vienna upper 40s. maybe 50 in lorton and old town. and 50 cleveland park and captiol hill. move up to montgomery county, upper 40s here primarily. although bethesda may make 50. wheaton 49. and 49 olney. the next three days bright but brisk tomorrow.

rain is back on sunday and lingers in to parts of monday. we will come back and talk about much milder air next week. we will tell you when it will roll in. >> thank you. still ahead, the 2008 republican presidential tickets are back together to campaign again. but first the construction accident caught on tape. what caused this crane to topple on to several cars?

caught on tape a deadly train collapse. one person was killed and five injured when the 130-foot construction crane toppled and landed on traffic. this happened in russia. what we were looking at earlier is a city web cam that captured the exact moment it happened. the crane was working on some apartments when the device lost its balance and fell sideways. a total of nine vehicles were crushed in the accident. a commuter alert for weekend drivers traveling between virginia and the

district. weather permitting the chain bridge will close tonight and won't reopen until monday morning. crews are scheduled to finish the work they started last weekend. heads up. on metro this week there will be an emergency drill late saturday night and sunday morning at the rosslyn station. police, fire and emergency teams will be there. trains will run on the orange and blue line still but expect delays of 30 minutes. think drill begins at 11:00 on saturday night. coming up, a police officer and his dog track down a woman missing in the woods for two days. plus, senator mccain calls for backup. >> sarah palin to the rescue. john mccain calls on his former running mate to help him with his toughest re-election battle yet. i'm joel brown in washington. the story is coming up. plus, wizards fans react to gilbert arenas ' sentence. dave owens brings us their thoughts. and top? >> we are checking a couple of showers south of town.

st. mary's and calvert county the activity is pushing away. we will tell you how cold it will get tonight. stay tuned. [ crowd cheering ]

male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america's beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools, reducing beverage calories by 88%. together with schools, we're helping kids make more balanced choices every day. ♪

a quiet end too the week on wall street. the dow ended up nine points to close at 10850. the nasdaq dropped two and the s&p rose a fraction. john mccain is turning to the woman he turned in to a national figure for help these days. sarah palin is campaigning for the arizona republican in the toughest re-election battle he's ever faced. joel brown reports. john mccain and sarah palin joined forces again but with a new goal. he put her in the national spotlight in 2008, now she's trying to help to rescue his re- election campaign. >> it is an honor to stand beside him now and ask that you, arizona, for the sake of your state and the sake of our country, send the maverick back

to the united states senate [cheering and applause] >> reporter: mccain is facing the toughest campaign since he came to the senate, conservative talk radio host and former congressman j.d. hayworth is running against him in the primary he claims he's too moderate for arizona republicans. polls show voters agree but mccain says he's the real conservative in the race. >> my favorite bumper sticker lately is please don't tell president obama what comes after a trillion [ laughter ] >> reporter: but some conservatives aren't sold. mccain has prided himself in the past for reaching across the aisle and working with democrats. that could spell trouble when arizona voters head to the polls later this year. >> right now, he really needs all the help he can get when it comes to someone who says i know this guy, this guy is a conservative. >> reporter: mark says the gop has defined a way to work with movements like the tea party to gain the advantage.

palin has proved popular with the conservative base. mccain is counting on two days of campaigning with her at his side to convince conservative voters he's one of them. joel brown, cbs news, washington. now without criticizing mccain himself, sarah palinned admonished his presidential campaign in his book saying there was substantial tension between her advisers and his saying she was kept bottled up from reporter and prevented from delivering a concession speech on election night. a lorton woman is lucky to be alive tonight. she went missing in mason state park but thanks to a bloodhound and his handler she was rescued after two days in the woods. >> he's more than a playful bloodhound. >> very good. >> reporter: he is a unique member of the special operations search unit for the fairfax county police department. on monday, park rangers found an abandon car in the mason neck state park. they spent 48 hours for the

woman who owned the vehicle but kept running in to dead ends. time was running out and so was hope. that's when fairfax county police called in schnauzer to find a woman here hat the mason neck state park in the dead of night. >> a quarter of a smile -- quarter of a mile and through the trees. >> off he went to the thick brush of the forest. after an hour, he picked up a two-day scent and found her. >> she was out there. she was extremely disoriented. found her. she was incoherent. >> reporter: clearly an overwhelming sense of relief set in for search crews to find the woman alive. >> it's a fantastic feeling. there's nothing like it. >> reporter: the woman suffered from hypothermia but is said to be recovering nicely. in fairfax county, alex trevino, 9 news now. >> the dog recently tracked down a suspect wanted in an armed car yakking in the area. a nanny in kentucky is hailed a hero after risking her life to pull a child from a

burning home. the woman who was new on the job woke up to smoke and fire. instead of running to safety she ran through the flames to get to the boy. >> i was calling for him and he said i'm in my room, under my covers. >> and then alley got me out of the bed. >> reporter: the 22-year-old nanny is being treated for second degree burns on her hands an feet. firefighters say she -- if she saved herself and waited for help aden would not have likely made it. we are talking about our forecast. whenever you noshow video we can always depend on it to have what, fill in the blank, anita. >> snow. >> not always. >> especially this winter. you have had a lot to work with. >> this is cleveland. cleveland ohio had the rain change to snow and we had snow in the mountains. it legalled in philadelphia and we are 30 degrees colder. so quite a little front that went through last night and

early this morning. all right. next three days, bright but brisk tomorrow. sunshine and 50. 53 on sunday. rain and showers develop and they will develop probably before lunchtime. linger showers on monday in the upper 50s. but still a little on the cool side. for tonight, clearing skies. much colder. lows 25 to 34. and winds north northeasterly at five to ten. the winds will come down later on. if you are out late treat it almost like a winter's night. you will be flirting with freezing downtown, 34. 32 brandywine and 33 andrews. 29 college park. 29 gaithersburg and 25 in leesburg. so that's going to be pretty cold. coldest night we have had in a few weeks. tomorrow morning mostly sunny with a cold start. 20s and 30s. winds northeasterly at ten and then by afternoon partly cloudy and cool. highs around 50. either side of 50 and the winds from the southeast at ten. zone forecast, all six zones, remember on our website at

wusa9.com. we will start in the mountains. only 37 for oakland tomorrow. mid-40s for cumberland. and then the mid-40s for winchester, martinsburg, leesburg around 45. 48 warrenton and 50 in culpeper. downtown you will be near 50. near 50 at andrews. waldorf 50. 51 pax river. 51 annapolis but upper 40s as you go 270 past gaithersburg toward frederick. the next 7 days, 50 tomorrow. bright but brisk. here's the rain and showers on sunday, 53. lingering showers on monday, upper 50 and then i would focus on these last four days. low 60s on tuesday with sunshine. upper 60s on wednesday. mid-70s on thursday. and i'll go ahead an say the e word, near 80 on friday. e word? >> e word? >> where are you going with that? >> that's a nice end to the forecast. >> you again redeemed yourself.

>> thank you. the thing all of us have been talking about and i'm sure people out there are talking about is did gilbert arenas get off easy. >> it seems like he did. and we don't want to see people go to jail that don't need to go to jail but i'm not sure what message this sends to potential gun offenders but we'll see. it is a question of fundamental justice. if you or i pled guilty to a gun felony in the district having already had a gun charge on our record from seven years ago and received a recommendation from prison time from the federal prosecutor would we have gotten off so easy or is in the luck that only happens to millionaire athletes? dave owens is sampling reaction. >> reporter: was the sentencing of arenas fair? some say yes. >> i don't think he needed more. he got suspended from the league and they are going to take action there. that's pretty good. >> reporter: others no. >> i don't think it is fair. had it been me i would be in jail. >> now we know the wizards most

recognizable player will spend 30 days in a halfway house. what's after that? can he now use his poor decision making as a teacher cool for others? >> talking to kids. a lot of people see that as the public relations thing. >> reporter: this document submit toad the judge by arenas ' lawyers indicates he is someone who might be able to do just that. in it several letters describe a compassionate superstar who spent a lot of time in the community helping others. >> i hope that he will learn from this. >> reporter: magic johnson was in washington, d.c. recently attending an event at howard university. >> use this as a teaching tool. gilbert needs to go in and tell them we need to stop the violence. >> reporter: all right, dave, thank you for that. we want to know what you think and so our 9 news now on-line poll question today is -- did gilbert arenas deserve to get at least some jail time? you can log on to wusa9.com and register your response and

we'll give you the results tonight at 9 news now after the games. topper makes a point, what good does he do in jail? the flip side of that is send a message to people that you can't mess around with guns in dc. a lot of impression is made if you send high profile -- same rules for everybody, right. i don't care if the same rules applied to gilbert as they would have applied to anyone. >> all right. more to come. >> thanks, guys. 9 news now at 6:00 is moments away. here's a look at what we have tonight, details on how a woman escaped two men attacked her and the latest on the surgery for the suspect. a trusted local police officer is charged with bilking the system. new at 6:00, the amount of money prosecutors say she got away with. and this man was entrusted with the care of at-risk youth and now he is charged with betraying them. how he may have made a bad situation worse. they are professionals by day, tutors by night. up next, derek mcginty introduces us to this week's friday hero.

don't forget, we are always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. 9 news now at 6:00 is just minutes away. i'm peggy fox with momslikeme.com. we have things to do sen and places to see. ben's chili bowl, cici's pizza, outlet shopping, safeway and what are your favorite places around town? find out the top picks from other moms and shares yours on- line at momslikeme.com.

a look at an organization working to pro text and inspire hundreds of kids. why would busy professionals take hours out of their weekly schedule to play part-time teacher to kids they don't even know? in hero central report we find out the answer, it is called for the love of children. >> she was a young girl who was really at a cross roads. >> reporter: you could say tim payne wears his heart on his sleeve or rather this office wall. >> he was a kindergartener in our program and he came not understanding any of the sounds or letters. >> reporter: ten years ago,

payne was a for the love of children volunteer and now he is the executive director presiding over hundreds of volunteer tutors, boosting student learning skills through testing an teaching an organized curriculum. >> our goal is to catch them early and ensure they are grade level competent and build their confidence and ability to think of not just how to do the work but where they want to be in life. >> reporter: several nights a week for love of children hosts tutoring sessions here at adams morgan, a total of 300 kids seeking help when something at school has become a struggle for this -year-old it was math. >> is your math getting better. >> yes. >> reporter: so is the reading if they are 18-year-old who says the big surprise is the girlfriend she got out of the deal. >> we are really close. >> she is always smiling and ready to work and you just, you get a sense of you are really giving back to the community and making a difference in

somebody else's life and nothing is better than that. >> reporter: well, a few more resources would certainly help. i have been empowered to tell you the gannett foundation will give you $6,000. >> that is fantastic news. >> reporter: even better news, says payne, would be more volunteers. the only qualification, you have to love kids. >> look at all hoff those smiles. as you heard derek say, he presented for love of children a grant in the amount of $6,000 made possible through the gannett foundation at wusa9.com and "usa today." for more charity we are profile going to wusa9.com and click on the hero central link. 9 news now starts right now. no jail time. wizards ' star gilbert arenas will not spend any time behind bars for bringing guns in the locker room but he didn't get off scot-free and we